Marcus Smart was ejected for the third time this season within the Celtics’ victory over the Spurs on Sunday evening after an official seemingly thought he crossed the road along with his vocabulary.
With 1:14 remaining within the third quarter, Smart was assessed his second technical foul after selecting up his first simply 104 seconds earlier than. After the sport, crew chief John Goble defined to a pool reporter that the Celtics level guard was assessed his technical foul for “using derogatory language directed at a game official.”
Smart pleaded innocence after being ejected. He shrugged whereas elevating each of his arms and appeared to say, “I didn’t do nothing,” to his Celtics teammates and training employees as he walked off the ground and into the locker room. He was not accessible to reporters after the sport.
Smart was additionally ejected earlier this season within the Celtics’ loss to the Thunder in Oklahoma City and earlier this month when he was tossed in Atlanta after a skirmish with Hawks star Trae Young. Smart could possibly be going through one other nice from the league on Monday. Smart completed Sunday with 13 factors, 4 assists and 4 fouls in 27 minutes.
Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla stated he was not supplied a proof about Smart’s ejection however that he wasn’t frightened about his level guard’s feelings getting the very best of him.
“Smart’s fine,” Mazzulla stated. “I didn’t get an explanation as to exactly what happened. But, I trust Smart in that situation and he –- it will be communicated. But no, Smart’s fine. I think he’s done a good job. When he, in the first half, he pushed the pace of the game. And he’s our guy that gets the ball where it needs to go and he orchestrates the offense. And so, it’s just the way it is. He’s a competitive guy, he’s fiery, and at the end of the day, I trust that he won’t put us in a difficult situation as a team. He’s one of our leaders.”
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